दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 20
अपुत्रस्य स्थिते ताते सोदरे च पितामहे । जन्मतः सन्निकर्षेण पितैवाऽस्य धनं हरेत् ॥ २० ॥
aputrasya sthitē tātē sōdarē ca pitāmahē | janmataḥ sannikarṣēṇa pitaivā’sya dhanaṁ harēt || 20 ||
Translation
Of a man without a son, when his father, his full brother and his grandfather are alive, the father alone takes his wealth, being nearest by birth.
Word by word
- aputrasya
- of a sonless man
- sthitē
- alive
- tātē
- the father
- sōdarē
- the full brother
- ca
- and
- pitāmahē
- the grandfather
- janmataḥ
- (janmataḥ) by birth
- sannikarṣēṇa
- by nearness
- pitā
- the father
- ēva
- alone
- asya
- his
- dhanaṁ
- wealth
- harēt
- takes
Meaning
With no descendant, the property rises; of the ascending relatives the father is the nearest.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But of a man who died without a son, when his father, grandfather and brother of the same womb are living, which of them takes his property? To that he says "aputrasya" and the rest. Of a man who died sonless, when his father (tāta), his brother of the same womb (sodara) and his grandfather are living, the father alone should take the wealth of this sonless man, by reason of nearness (sannikarṣa) of birth.